North Dakota

River County Reach Length (miles) Description Potential Classification ORVs Watershed (HUC Code 8) Year Listed/ Updated Other State
Little Missouri River McKenzie, Billings Entire segment within Theodore Roosevelt National Park (North Unit, South Unit, and Elkhorn Ranch Site) 26 Designated by State of North Dakota as a State Scenic River. Scenic/Wild Cultural, Fish, Geologic, Historic, Recreational, Scenic, Wildlife, Other Lower Little Missouri 1982/ 1993
Little Missouri River Slope, Golden Valley, Billings, McKenzie Boundary of Little Missouri National Grasslands on south edge of Sec. 36, T.133 S., R.105 W. to Sec. 32, T.149 N., R.96 W. Omitting entire segment within Theodore Roosevelt National Park (North Unit, South Unit, and Elkhorn Ranch Site 231 Runs through scenic "badlands" of Little Missouri National Grasslands. Cultural, Historic, Scenic Lower Little Missouri 1982/ 1993
Little Missouri River Dunn From Sec. 32, T.149 N., R.96 W. to Lake Sakakawea 40 Badlands topography provides unique scenic values, highly important for recreation; important habitat for channel catfish reproduction; important paleontological discoveries. Cultural, Fish, Geologic, Historic, Recreational Lower Little Missouri 1982
Missouri River Williams Entire segment within Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site 1 Broad, south-looking panorama and surging river confluence. Rec/Wild/Scenic Cultural, Historic Charlie-Little Muddy 1993
Missouri River Mercer Entire segment within Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site 5 Habitat for several threatened and endangered species. Recreational/Scenic Cultural, Fish, Recreational, Scenic, Wildlife Charlie-Little Muddy 1982/ 1993
Missouri River McLean, Mercer, Burleigh, Morton, Oliver Square Butte Creek to Oliver/Mercer County Line. Knife River confluence to Southern edge of Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site. Then finally from Northern boundary of Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site to Garrison Dam. 56 One of few remaining free-flowing segments of the Missouri River; rated of critical importance by State for sport fishery; important wild turkey habitat; many historic and archeological sites. Cultural, Fish, Historic, Recreational, Scenic, Wildlife Charlie-Little Muddy 1982
Pembina River Pembina, Cavalier Canadian Border to confluence with Red River 109 Much of the area is in a semi-wilderness condition; Pembina Valley and escarpment are part of the northeastern drift plain, containing most of the remaining forest in North Dakota; highly diverse wildlife; moose herd is being developed in area. Geologic, Scenic, Wildlife Lower Pembina River 1982

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